FTA:

"Turns out the Wright show was not that complex after all. Everyone understands it now. Even Obama."

Obama knew it was simple all along.

His speech on race was an attempt to complicate things.

In the end, it didn't work.

Yeah, he really hasn't been racist enough. Now that we cannot assume Rev Wright speaks for him, we are back to the Obama who wasn't black enough. Maybe we can take heart that he remains compelling to the political left. Would we be out of line to label him a socialist or a commie?

George McGovern lost the faith of many supporters when he jettisoned his controversial running mate, which he judged was the politically expedient thing to do. Similarly, there will be those who lose faith in Obama, but I think he will find an honest way out of this.

FTA: This 20-year association with Wright calls into question everything about Obama: his truthfulness in his serially adjusted stories of what he knew and when he knew it; his judgment in choosing as his mentor, pastor and great friend a man he just now realizes is a purveyor of racial hatred; and the central premise of his campaign, that he is the bringer of a "new politics," rising above the old Washington ways of expediency. It's hard to think of an act more blatantly expedient than renouncing Wright when his show, once done from the press club instead of the pulpit, could no longer be "contextualized" as something whites could not understand and only Obama could explain in all its complexity.

Turns out the Wright show was not that complex after all. Everyone understands it now. Even Obama.